Shloka 41

Vivāha-dharma: Kanyā-pradāna, Śulka, and Pāṇigrahaṇa-niṣṭhā (अनुशासन पर्व, अध्याय ४४)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि विपुलोपाख्याने एकचत्वारिंशो5 ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत अनुशासनपर्वके अन्तर्गत दानधर्मपर्वमें विपुलका उपाख्यानविषयक इकतालीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi vipulopākhyāne ekacatvāriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Demikianlah, dalam Śrī Mahābhārata, di dalam Anuśāsana Parva, pada bahagian dāna-dharma, berakhirlah bab keempat puluh satu yang mengisahkan upākhyāna Vipula.

Word by Word

इतिthus; so

श्रीमहाभारतेin the Śrī-Mahābhārata

अनुशासनपर्वणिin the Anuśāsana-parvan

दानधर्मपर्वणिin the Dāna-dharma-parvan

विपुलोपाख्यानेin the episode (upākhyāna) of Vipula

एकचत्वारिंशःforty-first

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Anuśāsana Parva

Dāna-dharma Parva (section on charity)

Vipula

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This verse is a colophon rather than a new instruction: it frames the preceding material as a completed lesson within dāna-dharma (the ethics of giving), emphasizing that the Vipula episode functions as a didactic illustration of righteous generosity and conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma’s discourse reaches a formal stopping point: the text announces that the Vipula-upākhyāna chapter has concluded within the Anuśāsana Parva’s section on charity.